Ben, David

Book

2008
Written by David Ben
Work of Herb Zarrow

464 pages (Hardcover), published by Meir Yedid Magic
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English

274 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Jamy Ian Swiss (Genii, Vol. 71 No. 11, Nov. 2008, p. 106)
Jason England (MAGIC, Vol. 18 No. 3, Nov. 2008, p. 96)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Herb Zarrow	Double-Cover Triumph	with Zarrow Shuffle		412	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Herb Zarrow	Quadruple Triumph	named four-of-a-kind lost in four packets, then Triumph routine, with Zarrow Shuffle		414	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Herb Zarrow	Surprise Stack			417	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking
Herb Zarrow	Alternate Aces - Plus	Aces removed and shuffled into deck reversed, they end up together and deck is separated into reds and blacks	Inspired by Dr. Daley sequence reconstruction by Neal Elias, Precursor No. 87	418	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Herb Zarrow	Red Black Revelation	two selections found, red-black separation climax		420	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Herb Zarrow	Red-Black Spread Cull Finesse	not starting with the first few cards		420	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red-Black Separations
Herb Zarrow	Attraction	several cards are named and removed, mates are produced		422	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Herb Zarrow	Double-Cover Zarrow to retain Center Key Card			424	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
Herb Zarrow	Three Phase Poker	ends up with five good hands		425	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Multiple Phase Routines Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Herb Zarrow	Black and Red Kingdoms	red-black separation climax		426	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Herb Zarrow	Hamman-Type Count	different grip	Related to Universal Count Grip (Herb Zarrow, 2008)	427	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count
David Ben	Parting Thoughts	tips		430	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
David Ben	After The Shuffle	long essay on the Zarrow Shuffle, credit information, reproduced letters and excerpts from early books	Also published here Vernon. It all started with Vernon. (David Ben, 2008)	430	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
	2ème faux melange	packets pushed together (over each other) in the hands	Also published here 2ème faux melange (1786)	432	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
	Italian Shuffle	simple partial false shuffle in which fans are apparently pushed together, retains top stock	Also published here Italian Shuffle (2008) The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic (Robert-Houdin, 1868)	432	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
	To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method	fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)	Also published here To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method (1876)	433	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
	Second Method	can be done without table, with photo illustrations	Also published here Second Method (1902) Second Method (2008)	436	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
	Third Method	similar to second method, can be done without table, with photo illustrations	Also published here Third Method (1902) Third Method (2008)	438	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
	Gambler's False Shuffle	similar to Zarrow concept	Also published here Gambler's False Shuffle (1940)	441	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
Frank Shank	Shank Shuffle		Also published here Shank Shuffle (Frank Shank, 2008)	444	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles
Edward Marlo, Herb Zarrow	Ed Marlo & Herb Zarrow Letters	regarding the Zarrow Shank controversy	Also published here Ed Marlo & Herb Zarrow Letters (Edward Marlo, Herb Zarrow, 2008)	445	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Zarrow type Shuffles Articles / Letters
Herb Zarrow	A Lifetime of Magic	various tips		460	Articles / Articles
David Ben	Chronological Bibliography	of Herb Zarrow's works		461	Articles / Bibliography
David Ben	Acknowledgements			463	Articles / Intros & Epilogues

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Data entered by Denis Behr, November 2025.

Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic